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TechCrunch50: Which company will win Best in Show?

Settled as Yammer

Yammer takes Best in Show prize

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/10/yammer-takes-techcrunch50s-top-prize

Background:

Think you know what makes a good start up?

TechCrunch50, the start-up launch conference brought to you by Mike Arrington, TechCrunch and Jason Calacanis kicks off today. From the 52 hot technology companies that unveil themselves to the world there, only one can win the $50,000 Best in Show prize. Despite sounding more like a dog prize than a coveted industry accolade, all 52 companies will be clamoring to be the chosen ones and join Aaron Patzer, last year's winner with Mint, on the Internet start-up A list.

You can see all the companies and their ideas here: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/08/announcing-the-techcrunch50-finalists/

Get up to the minute TechCrunch50 buzz aggregated here: http://www.youcit.com/techcrunch50/


Which do you think will win it?

Please scroll down to see all 52 options


* one company will be picked by attendees from the Demo Pit


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
Forecast history, %
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Current top options (scroll down for all options)

Settled

OtherInBox
70%
Akoha
20%
GoodGuide
2%
Adgregate Markets
2%
Yammer
2%
Swype
1%
VideoSurf
1%
Shattered Reality Interactive
0%
Birdpost
0%
Closet Couture
0%
Activity: H$285,241
Settled as Yammer on Wed 10th Sep 8:06pm PDT

Suspend date: Wed 10th Sep 5:59pm PDT Settlement date: Wed 10th Sep 8:06pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 10th Sep 5:59pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Blah Girls: 2%, Tweegee: 2%, Shryk: 2%, Hangout Industries: 2%, DotSpots: 2%, Angstro: 2%, LiveHit: 2%, Quant the News: 2%, FairSoftware: 2%, Yammer: 2%, Connective Logic: 2%, Devunity: 2%, OpenTrace: 2%, Burt: 2%, Adgregate Markets: 2%, Adrocket: 2%, OtherInBox: 2%, Tingz: 2%, MIXTT: 2%, Imindi: 2%, Popego: 2%, PersonalRIA: 2%, Emerginvest: 2%, ExchangeP: 2%, Me-trics: 2%, iCharts: 2%, Mytopia: 2%, Tonchidot: 2%, Mobclix: 2%, FitBit: 2%, Alfabetic: 2%, Postbox: 2%, Swype: 2%, DropBox: 2%, VideoSurf: 2%, GazoPa: 2%, Fotonauts: 2%, Bojam: 2%, Grockit: 2%, Akoha: 2%, Atmosphir: 2%, PlaYce: 2%, Birdpost: 2%, Closet Couture: 2%, Footnote: 2%, Causecast: 2%, Shattered Reality Interactive: 2%, GoodGuide: 2%, GoPlanit: 2%, TrueCar: 2%, Goodrec: 2%, Demo Pit company*: 2%

Action history:

Created Mon 8th Sep 5:51am PDT by tomg[Admin]
Suspended Wed 10th Sep 5:59pm PDT : Suspend date reached
Settled as 'Yammer' Wed 10th Sep 8:06pm PDT by nigeleccles[Admin]: Yammer takes Best in Show prize

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/10/yammer-takes-techcrunch50s-top-prize

Suspend date: Wed 10th Sep 5:59pm PDT Settlement date: Wed 10th Sep 8:06pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 10th Sep 5:59pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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All options

Akoha
20%
Angstro
0%
Bojam
0%
Burt
0%
Demo Pit company*
0%
DropBox
0%
FitBit
0%
GazoPa
0%
Goodrec
0%
Grockit
0%
iCharts
0%
Imindi
0%
LiveHit
0%
MIXTT
0%
Mobclix
0%
Mytopia
0%
PlaYce
0%
Popego
0%
Postbox
0%
Shryk
0%
Swype
1%
Tingz
0%
TrueCar
0%
Tweegee
0%
Yammer
2%

Predictions (2101)

2101 predictions

12 weeks ago
clahey predicted Swype (H$2 at 1%)
12 weeks ago
clahey predicted VideoSurf (H$2 at 1%)
12 weeks ago
paether predicted OtherInBox (H$500 at 69%)
12 weeks ago
clahey predicted Yammer (H$2 at 2%)
12 weeks ago
clahey predicted Tweegee (H$2 at 0%)
more

Comments (20)

  1 tisha[Admin]
It's the battle of the start-up jump-starters: Mike Arrington says 'Demo needs to die' !

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article4698147.ece
posted 12 weeks ago
Wow. That's a lot of options.
posted 12 weeks ago
  3 tomg[Admin]
@jenniandboys - yes, custom made, we wanted to give every startup an equal footing starting out and not limit it to only 10 like other questions.
posted 12 weeks ago
What the hell? Is there a way to have this many questions when someone else hosts a question?
posted 12 weeks ago
Nope. It's a special feature. Maybe in the future?

I wonder if the people who are joining up and putting all their money on their own product realize that they are creating negative karma for themselves here. It's like prediction spam -- they're pammers ;-).

Personally, although I'm not big on web advertising at all, I found this presentation by Adregate excellent. It's almost a textbook lesson in how to present your start-up in 6 minutes. He's confident yet not smarmy, and by the end you know exactly what they do, and why it's a smart idea. Listen to how the experts speak to him at the end. With genuine respect. http://www.techcrunch50.com/2008/conference/presenter.php?presenter=58
posted 12 weeks ago
  7 tisha[Admin]
isn't it weird how the names for startups all seem to be a popular misspelling of a word, or a compound of two short words?
posted 12 weeks ago
I like "Shryk" - they say it is "Web-based financial software for children aimed at promoting financial literacy and good saving habits". I wonder if it would tell customers that people who have good saving habits would not spend their money on something like this! LOL
posted 12 weeks ago
@tisha - kind of like hubbub?
posted 12 weeks ago
  10 chris[Admin]
@jenni - hubwhat? Don't they make custom bicycles?
posted 12 weeks ago
  11 tisha[Admin]
@jenni - actually we have the eminence of being named by the CEO's (then) two year old son, which makes us far superior custom bicyclemakers!
posted 12 weeks ago
Akoha getting a lot noise on Twitter. They still haven't presented so we will see if it is just that, noise. I think Yammer, OtherInbox and Adgregate were the winners on day one.
posted 12 weeks ago
DotSpots was kind of cool too.
posted 12 weeks ago
  14 hubdubbob
I hope they share my enthusiasm for "DropBox", "Blah Girls", and "GazoPa". LOL
posted 12 weeks ago
Hubdubbob.... original name...
posted 12 weeks ago
  16 xutopia
Seeing all the comments on twitter I'm certain that Akoha will beat out OtherInbox.
posted 12 weeks ago
  17 jdilelle
What are all those HubDub* users? Is someone cheating?! Very fishy...
posted 12 weeks ago
  18 sfdood38
Me thinks OtherInBox is gaming it
posted 12 weeks ago
  19 hubdub14
What happens in HubDub stays in HubDub. ;-)
posted 12 weeks ago
  20 tisha[Admin]
Here's an interesting article ... startup success linked to low CEO salary!
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/08/peter-thiel-best-predictor-of-startup-success-is-low-ceo-pay/
posted 11 weeks ago

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